Sanitary towel.



UNITED sfrArnsgrArnNr oriiioi.v

ARTHUR I. LINvIL'I-.n OF' RICHMOND. CALIFORNIA, AssIeNon or ONE-mirininroo.,

IIINVILLE, Or- RIOHMONI, CALIFORNIA, AN'D .ONE-THIRD Tos. I.; KAMPSOHMIJDT, Vor, s'rooK'rON, ICAiJIFOIaNIA. i

SANITARY vTowiii..

1,072,746.v y lSp'fmificaiio-nsinnersPatent Pat-.exited Selene',15113.v

Application nieuwe iogisig. ,serial ivo. 702,701;

To @ZZ fwfzom/zf 'may concerne dlelO of which is mounted `in bearing loraokdy 55V Be it known that I, ARTHUR yP.- LINVILLE, ets ll fastened to the rear section'offthe a citizenyof the United States, residing Iat 4case'. .The end-'of the toweling.' is'ftlieil con- Ricli'inond,'in the county of Contra Costa and ltinued 'rearwardly over the' measuring drum State of California, have invented'new and 9 'and downwardly towardthe back andou't usefullniprdveinents in-Sanitary'Towels, of throughv a mouth l'at the' lower portion .of 60 which the following is a speciiication.. the casing, 6 7, The end-'ofthe toweling -I This invention relates to an improved sani-l is 'then' carried downwardly through a mouth tary towel. .llformed ina cylinder or casing' 14 ladapted The objection?I the present invention is to to be arranged jbelow tliexupper, 'casev 6--7;

i provide a towel for use 4particularly in-puh- 4these 'cases heingadapted forlconne'ction by 65 lic place-s, with' a view of' preventing the lracketslgwith' a wall,.port'able'panel or, spread of infectious diseases gyineaiis.; being other suitable structure'affording'means for l vprovided to intermittently advance unusedV the convenientinoiinting'of the towel'.`

-portions of the towel into' display while the'v The.' end 'of the towel, 'after it has been" preceding lused--area'is,wound within .a con- .passed into the mouth 18 of the casing 141,l 7f0 cealed druiinand otl'ierf'invea'nsBeing,p ro-y is*appropriatelyconnected to a winding reel vided for limiting the advance-ot the towel.,l 16,V whichf-is detachablyl mounted at its. ends which vmay be ifn'- a single. pieceof suitable upon' steinsl and-18 journaled in suitable p length. l llhearings 19' and 20. of the lower casing 1li.

It is also aiiobj ect to provide a Vnoveliinl T he lend ot' the stein 18. is provided with any 7-5 reeling nieanstvhereby-a certain amouiitof ineens for cansino'. 'its'.-rotat-ion, and in the the towel may he loosened or. slackened after present instance 'have shown a Crank him- -the soiled -p'orti/on has `heen wound,f`so as to ldle 2l whereby Athe spindleI -mav 'berevolved permit the' more ready drying lof the hands at certain intervals.- or face-lon the clean, exposed, lunused 'por- Having properly arranged the towel as 8o tion'.` I `l ,I y Uhereinbetore described, the operationof .the

The invention c nsis'ts or the partsfandthe apparatus -is "asi follows: By.' turning the construction' and combination vof parts as crank 21, a predetermined lengt-h or section hereinafter 5- more fully# described and ofy the' towel 2 is wound on'the reel. 16; the claimed, having reference to the accompany- `nvjn'ding of'the materialen the reel causing 85 ing drawings, iiiw'hichf- A the measuring drum 9 to revolve, since the Figurel is arfront elevation of the towel towel is lednl over this ydruni For the ypurapparatus partly broken away. Fig. 2 is. pose of preventing the winding of more than an `end elevationof the saine. ',Fig. 3 is an. a certain amount of materialtlie drun1 9,..is'

enlarged detail view of the restraining de? provided with a stopflug oi' projection 22 at 90 pawl of the winding device.

vice. Figzfll is a' vertical scctiontlirough the some' suitable location,I which isl adapted, drinn yinclosing` thewinding reel.4 Fig. 5' i's "whenthe druml is rotated in the direction of a' sectional detail, showing they restraining the arrow a, Fig. 8, to engage af-restraining I f pawlor stop `23. The -pawl 23 is pivoted at In the drawings, 2 represents a piece of '24 for oscillation on .a'bracket or bearing 25, 95

towelingfof suitable length andw'idth, which which latter may lbe ienible' and when initially, whenA laundried'.andcleaned, is" vpressed,downwardly byla V suitable handle or4 wound in a'roll 3 on a spindle 4; the ends of key 26 will carry the pawl 23 out of engagethe spindle being deposited in suitable bearmentwi'tli the projection 22 on the' drinn,"

ing brackets 5. The latter are rigidly. thereupon permitting thedium 9 to revolveloo mounted in the rear, permanent section 6 of 'under the tension of the towel^-2-when thean inclosing case having a cover 7 pivoted at crank 21 'is operated.' As 'soon as the, key

8, which cover may be opened, about its has heenr momentarilydepressed. toreleaseAA hinges to permit the insertion of a cleanroll the pawl 23 it -will snap into 'theP-Jth of the y oftowe'ling. u lug '22 and the further movement of tne v105 yOne end of the towel is'rolled from the 'drum 9 will he prevei'ited.- The -'diameter of roll 3 and carried diagonally forwardand the drum@ 1S Suihcient .to permit the ian- 'up ward over a measuring.druin), the spin- A winding of 2L gv-Yen length Aof t-oweling only l wlientliecrank is operated todwind tlie wind such a length ot' the towel asis perv f' insieme towel. v, In practice-'the tworeases 6`- 7 andthe lower casing 14 are spaced apart a distance renderingl it convenientto use the exposed'- area of the towel 2f One revolution or'l thev drum 9, when releasedby Atlie vpawl 23A, will permitA the unrolling'v of a' sectionoiVV toive'l approximately equal to tlie distance between the upper and lower cases. However, in or.- der to'us'e tlie towel, it is necessary to slacker.

the wound portion, so I provide a slackening v mitted'bytliesingle rotation of the drum 9,

the swinging pawl 28 runsl idly at one .end

ofv'the worin27. As soon'as further winding ofthe towel 16 isprevented by tlie engagementofth'e 'stop Q2 'with its cooperative" stop 23, then they spring 30 of the pawl 2S becomes operative to drawtlie pawl against. the worin 27, and. if a ,person pulls on 'the' 4'exposedtowel, a portion of the reeled mate- -rial'will be unwound from -the Vreel 16; meanwhile the awl 28`-will travel across the lscrew 27 until urtlier movement'o-tlie pawl is-liinited by a' shoulder 31 at...the end of the spiral which will t-l'ien check the unwinding rotation of the reel 16., After having wound the exposed, .used area of 'the towel on the reel ltuntil a fresh, unused area drawn trom the roll'3, the desiredainount of slack may be obtained by pulling on' tlie towel at its exposed portion so that tlie reel will be reversed; the reverse movement being stopped by the device 27 having theshoul- Ider 31 which engages the pawl28.

When tlie'towel is practically used up and ,wound upon the reel 16-t'lie-latter may be4 renioied bythe opening of one end of the casing 14- and a clean roll inserted by opening tlie cover section? and suitably adjusting tli'e towel'as previously described.-

Having thus described niy invention, whatv l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- Y In a device lof tli'e class described lin combination, a towel wound onv a roller, a

vdrum around wliicli the towel passes, a'iele'asable stop for said druin, said di'uin' and stopcoperating with trie towel to liniit the amount of the latter that can be withdrawn at one operation,a -roller uponwliicli the used portion of the towel isfada'pted to be -wound and means-connected with said roller to allow a definite nuniber o-revei'se rotations thereor, said means comprising a worin provided with a stop, and a pawl adapted to. engage said stop 'atter a limited' number ot,

reverse rotations of said roller.'

In testimony whereof' have hereunto setV niy hand in tne presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

v ARTHU'; l?. LNVILLE.

Witnesses:

d; H. PLATE, 

